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  • Fri. Dec 27th, 2024

Chief Medical Officer anticipates staged reducing of coronavirus restrictions but wants physical distancing maintained

Chief Medical Officer anticipates staged reducing of coronavirus restrictions but wants physical distancing maintained

The Chief Medical Officer says a higher uptake of the coronavirus tracing app will relax remaining concerns about consisting of the virus, and provide leaders the ability to be more “strong” in reducing restrictions.

Key points:

  • National Cabinet will evaluate alleviating some coronavirus limitations later this week
  • About a quarter of grownups with a smart device have downloaded the COVIDSafe App
  • The last imposed restrictions are most likely to be the first leaders aim to relieve

Brendan Murphy stated about a quarter of adults with a smartphone had downloaded the COVIDSafe App but he wanted that number increased to give leaders more confidence in relieving coronavirus-imposed limitations.

His comments come ahead of a National Cabinet conference on

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